No. Conditional residence begins through admission on the immigrant visa or adjustment approval. Investment paperwork and petition approval do not themselves start it.
Anchor later obligations to the actual event
I-829 is generally filed in the 90 days before the second anniversary of conditional residence. Its filing does not itself remove conditions or establish a capital repayment date.
A detailed, realistic plan: the concept, location and lease, the market, a staffing table naming each full-time position with hours and hiring dates, financial projections supporting that payroll, and the timeline for reaching ten jobs within the conditional period. Review any change in the project schedule or in family circumstances as it happens, and keep removal of conditions on the calendar as a later, distinct step rather than treating initial approval as the end of the process. How quickly the investor integrates and grows the acquired business affects the job-creation evidence available at removal of conditions, but petition adjudication and visa availability are independent government processes with their own timelines. The frequent mistake is counting that removal window from the investment, petition, or sale date, or rushing filing to satisfy a private project deadline before lawful-source records are ready.